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Critical

Arbitrary file reading vulnerability in Aim

  • Disclosed: 23.11.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:19

Impact

A path traversal attack aims to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder. By manipulating variables that reference files with “dot-dot-slash (../)” sequences and its variations or by using absolute file paths, it may be possible to access arbitrary files and directories stored on file system including application source code or configuration and critical system files.

Vulnerable code: https://github.com/aimhubio/aim/blob/0b99c6ca08e0ba7e7011453a2f68033e9b1d1bce/aim/web/api/views.py#L9-L16

Patches

The vulnerability issue is resolved in Aim v3.1.0.

References

https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Path_Traversal

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) aim < 3.1.0 3.1.0

References

CVSS score 8.6/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
aim
Disclosed
23.11.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 13:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2021-839 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8phj-f9w2-cjcc - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: aim

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (20) in the archive
Total entries
20
First → latest
11.2021 07.2025
Without a fix
19
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 4
  • High 9
  • Medium 6
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Aim Excessive Data Query Operations in a Large Data Table vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2025-0190 <= 3.25.0 no fix
  2. Aim Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2025-0189 <= 3.25.0 no fix
  3. Aim path traversal in LockManager.release_locks
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-8769 >= 3.15.0, <= 3.27.0 no fix
  4. Aim allows denial of service due to no timeouts for some tracking server endpoints
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-8061 <= 3.23.0 no fix
  5. Aim vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
    High · 7.4 CVE-2024-7760 <= 3.22.0 no fix
  6. Aim Path Traversal vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-6851 <= 3.22.0 no fix
  7. Aim External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-6829 <= 3.19.3 no fix
  8. Aim Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-12778 <= 3.25.0 no fix
  9. Aim Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS)
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-10110 >= 3.15.0, <= 3.23.0 no fix
  10. Aim denial of service vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-6227 <= 3.19.3 no fix
  11. Aim Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability allows user to delete runs and perform other operations
    High · 8.8 CVE-2024-2196 <= 3.17.5 no fix
  12. Aim Web API vulnerable to Remote Code Execution
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2024-2195 >= 3.0.0, <= 3.25.0 no fix
  13. Arbitrary file reading vulnerability in Aim this entry
    Critical · 8.6 CVE-2021-43775 < 3.1.0 3.1.0

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